Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds sculptural barn hook The vase has been well

The vase has been well used

11 13/16 x 10 x 3/4 and in good

and one of the chimneys looks to have been well nibbled on

I've shot in a few different lighting conditions as the colors are as elusive as he is

like this vintage Central street sign

Early 20th C. Native American Beaded Coin Purse with Pair of Birds sculptural barn hook The vase has been wellThe beadwork on this Native American coin purse earlyish 20th c., made for the tourist trade is very fine, done with tiny seed beads very tightly stitched to hide. And how to resist these wonderful blue birds, one pair on either side, forever facing one another as they perch on what looks both like bough and an anchor? I don't know enough to identify the tribe with certainty, but I believe Columbia River region Plateau, and am confident of the age, I